Best Bundesliga centre-backs of the 2024/25 season so far

Kicker has ranked the best centre-backs in the Bundesliga so far in the 2024/25 season.

Every six months, Kicker publishes a ranking of the best players in the Bundesliga, as well as the best German players abroad, divided into a number of categories.

The German football magazine recently published the first part of its winter rankings, based on performances in the first half of the 2024/25 season.

Below you’ll find the centre-back rankings.

World Class

None.

International class

1. Jonathan Tah, Bayer Leverkusen 

2. Piero Hincapié, Bayer Leverkusen 

3. Dayot Upamecano, Bayern Munich 

4. Willi Orban, RB Leipzig 

5. Arthur Theate, Eintracht Frankfurt 

6. Min-jae Kim, Bayern Munich 

7. Nico Schlotterbeck, Borussia Dortmund 

National class

8. Matthias Ginter, Freiburg 

9. Robin Koch, Eintracht Frankfurt 

10. Julian Chabot, VfB Stuttgart 

11. Edmond Tapsoba, Bayer Leverkusen 

12. Marco Friedl, Werder Bremen 

13. Anton Stach, Hoffenheim 

14. Ko Itakura, Gladbach 

15. Niklas Süle, Borussia Dortmund 

16. Tuta, Eintracht Frankfurt 

17. Castello Lukeba, RB Leipzig 

18. Moritz Jenz, Mainz

19. Philipp Lienhart, Freiburg

20. Danilho Doekhi, Union Berlin 

21. Hauke Wahl, St. Pauli